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title: Supported devices
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The minimum Android versions required for core ExoPlayer use cases are:
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| Use case | Android version number | Android API level |
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| Audio playback | 4.1 | 16 |
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| Video playback | 4.1 | 16 |
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| DASH (no DRM) | 4.1 | 16 |
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| DASH (Widevine CENC; "cenc" scheme) | 4.4 | 19 |
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| DASH (Widevine CENC; "cbcs" scheme) | 7.1 | 25 |
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| DASH (ClearKey; "cenc" scheme) | 5.0 | 21 |
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| SmoothStreaming (no DRM) | 4.1 | 16 |
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| SmoothStreaming (PlayReady SL2000; "cenc" scheme) | AndroidTV | AndroidTV |
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| HLS (no DRM) | 4.1 | 16 |
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| HLS (AES-128 encryption) | 4.1 | 16 |
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| HLS (Widevine CENC; "cenc" scheme) | 4.4 | 19 |
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| HLS (Widevine CENC; "cbcs" scheme) | 7.1 | 25 |
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For a given use case, we aim to support ExoPlayer on all Android devices that
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satisfy the minimum version requirement. Known device specific compatibility
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issues are listed below. Device specific issues on our GitHub issue tracker can
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be found
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[here](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/labels/bug%3A%20device%20specific).
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* **FireOS (version 4 and earlier)** - Whilst we endeavour to support FireOS
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devices, FireOS is a fork of Android and as a result we are unable to
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guarantee support. Device specific issues encountered on FireOS are normally
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caused by incompatibilities in the support that FireOS provides for running
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Android applications. Such issues should be reported to Amazon in the first
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instance. We are aware of issues affecting FireOS version 4 and earlier. We
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believe FireOS version 5 resolved these issues.
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* **Nexus Player (only when using an HDMI to DVI cable)** - There is a known
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issue affecting Nexus Player, only when the device is connected to a monitor
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using a certain type of HDMI to DVI cable, which causes video being played too
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quickly. Use of an HDMI to DVI cable is not realistic for an end user setup
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because such cables cannot carry audio. Hence this issue can be safely
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ignored. We suggest using a realistic end user setup (e.g., the device
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connected to a TV using a standard HDMI cable) for development and testing.
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* **Emulators** - Some Android emulators do not properly implement components of
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Android's media stack, and as a result do not support ExoPlayer. This is an
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issue with the emulator, not with ExoPlayer. Android's official emulator
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("Virtual Devices" in Android Studio) supports ExoPlayer provided the system
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image has an API level of at least 23. System images with earlier API levels
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do not support ExoPlayer. The level of support provided by third party
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emulators varies. Issues running ExoPlayer on third party emulators should be
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reported to the developer of the emulator rather than to the ExoPlayer team.
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Where possible, we recommend testing media applications on physical devices
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rather than emulators.
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